Today in History: July 14

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France and Portugal sign the Treaty of Lyons, aligning themselves against Spain.

1789

The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by a mob.

1790

Baron Ernst Gideon von Laudon, an Austrian field marshal who was one of the most successful opponents of Prussian king Frederick the Great, dies at age 77 while still on duty at Nový Jičín (Neu-Titschein) in Moravia. [From MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History]

Pfc. Dan Bullock died at age 15 in 1969 and efforts to recognize the young African-American Marine continue and are highlighted in this Military Times documentary. (Rodney Bryant and Daniel Woolfolk/Military Times)...

Civil War Times Editor Dana Shoaf shares the story of Confederate soldier Benjamin Mell, wounded at the Battle of South Mountain and buried in Maryland....

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